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Welcome back to "Picture of the Week," a
regular feature wherein we select the best and brightest
reader-submitted photos and share them with all of you. This
week's winning photo is from James Wreyford of Marble Falls, Texas, who
kicks things off with a few well-placed explosions. Grab your
popcorn and let's check out the rest of this week's runners-up!

(Remember: When you
submit
your photos here, you're automatically considered in our weekly "POTW"
contest — and the top winner each week receives an official AVweb
baseball cap.)

"Move! Move!" should be the caption on this photo from
James Wreyford of Marble Falls,
Texas. (We confess: One of us actually ducked for cover when
we saw this photo.) Naturally, this is an air show photo — from
last month's CAF air show at Burnet Municipal Airport in Burnet, Texas.

AVweb continues to receive a large number of excellent images for
our POTW contest. Here are some of the runners-up. Due to privacy issues,
AVweb does not publish e-mail addresses of
readers who submit photos.

Continuing with this week's unofficial Mission: Impossible theme,
William F. Tinsley of Santa Paula,
California has a harrowing adventure story:

"Growing up on a small airport makes for some interesting times.
After taking my girlfriend to her senior prom, I still had the tux.
Well, what do you do with a tux before you return it? You do a
little wing-walking, of course."

And to think: Our "POTW" Editor was too squeamish to go
swimming in his tux. Pfah.

We're quite fond of the little historical gems that show up in our
submission box from time to time. And while we can't date this
photo exactly, we can tell you what submitter
James Rix (of Wichita, Kansas) told us:

"My grandfather worked with DeBothezat on the first helicopter to fly.
It flew in 1922 for one minute and 42 seconds at McCook airfield.
We found this autographed picture after my grandfather's death, along
with other early airplane memorabilia."

Thanks for scanning and sharing the photo, James. (We love this
kind of stuff!)

Rain was a common element in many of this week's photo submissions,
including this one from Ioan Suciu of
Bucharest (Romania). We found Ioan's photo simple and to the point
— nothing says "waiting" like a wet windshield and a lonely headset.

We'll see you off this week with a photo from
Joe Horenkamp of Novi, Michigan.

For those who don't immediately recognize it, that's the Collings
Foundation B-17 Nine-O-Nine under the U.S. flag — sporting a nice
color touch-up from Joe. (We know it's a digitally-altered photo —
but ain't it purty?)

A Reminder About Copyrights: Please take a moment to consider the
source of your image before submitting to our "Picture of the Week" contest.
If you did not take the photo yourself, ask yourself if you are indeed
authorized to release publication rights to AVweb. If you're uncertain,
consult the
POTW
Rules or
send us an e-mail.